{"id":2799,"date":"2019-09-19T00:05:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T07:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-52\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:04:46","slug":"opuntia-fragilis-and-its-common-names","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/opuntia-fragilis-and-its-common-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Opuntia fragilis and its common names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Does the <i>Opuntia fragilis<\/i> in the Puget Sound carry a vernacular name of dune or shore prickly pear?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most common vernacular name of the cactus <i>Opuntia fragilis<\/i> in Washington is brittle prickly pear. When I searched for dune or shore prickly pear, I found these common names connected with other species of Opuntia.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about <i>Opuntia fragilis<\/i>, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/biology.burke.washington.edu\/herbarium\/waflora\/checklist.php?Taxon=Opuntia%20fragilis\">Washington Flora Checklist<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/home\/plantProfile?symbol=OPFR\">USDA Plant Profile.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does the Opuntia fragilis in the Puget Sound carry a vernacular name of dune or shore prickly pear? The most common vernacular name of the cactus Opuntia fragilis in Washington is brittle prickly pear. When I searched for dune or shore prickly pear, I found these common names connected with other species of Opuntia. For more information about Opuntia fragilis, see the Washington Flora Checklist and the USDA Plant Profile.<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/opuntia-fragilis-and-its-common-names\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Opuntia fragilis and its common names<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[215,66,332,707],"class_list":["post-2799","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-cactaceae-cactus-family","keyword-cactus-and-succulents","keyword-native-plants-washington","keyword-opuntia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}